TERRELL
TERRY
ami ratified by the senate. In 1892 he was a com-
nussioiKT on the part of the United States to the
International Monetary conference at Brussels,
of which ho was selected as vice president. Mrs.
Mary Terrell died at Brussels, in 18i»l.andhe was
married, secondly, Feb. 7. 189."), to Lois, daugliter
of Albert and Sarah (Cunningham) Lixsater of
Texas. Mr. Terrell received tiie honorary degree
of LL.I). from Do Pauw university in 1S93 ; the
decoration of trrand OlHcer of the Order of Leo-
pold. Oct. 1. 1893, from the King of the Belgians;
and in 1901 became president of the board of
trustees of the Carnegie library at San Antonio,
Texas.
TERRELL, Joseph Meriwether, governor of Georgia, was born in (.Jnenville, Ga., June 6, ISGI ; sou of Dr. Joel Edward Ureene and Sarah (.Vnthony) Terrell; grandson of David Meri- wether and Martha (Chapman) Terrell and of Dr. Joseph Walker and Martha (Renden) An- thony, and a descendant of William Terrell, who came from England to Virginia about 1700. His ancestors removed to Georgia about 1780. He attended the common schools; was admitted to tlie bar. February, 1882, and began practice in Greenville, Ga., serving as a representative in the state legislature, 1884-86. He was married, Oct. 19, 1886. to Jesse Lee, daugliter of Thomas and Mary (Robinson) Spivey of Harris county, Ga. He was a state senator, 1890, and attorney -gen- eral of Georgia from 1892 to March 1, 1902, when he became Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia, being elected in the office in October, 1902. for tiie term expiring Oct. 25, 1904.
TERRY, Alfred Howe, soldier, was born in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 10. 1827. He attended the schools of New Haven and Yale Law school and began practice in Hartford in 1849, serving as clerk of the superior and supreme courts of Con- necticut, lMr)4-60. In 1801 he was in command of the 2d regiment of state militia, and enlisted on the c;ill for three months' troops. He was ap- pointed colon<d of the 2d Connecticut volunteers ; t'xjk part in the battle of Bull Run ; returned to Connecticut, where he organized the 7th Con- necticut volunteers of which he was made col- onel, and served in thecajjtureof Port Royal, S.C., and the siege of Fort Pulaski, having charge of the fort after its surrender. He was promoted briga<lier-general, U..S.V., April 2."5. 1802, and participated in the demonstration up the Stono river, July 8, 1863. He landed his force of 3800 men on James Island during the operations against Charleston, S.C, and commanded the troops on Morris Island, during the bombardment of Forts Wagner and Sumter. He was given command of the department of the South, and commanded the 1st division, 10th army corps. Army of the James, in the Virginia campaign of
1S64 ; was brevetted major-general, U.S.V., Aug.
20, 1864 ; commanded the 10th army corps, Octo-
ber-December, 1864, and the 1st division, 24th
army corps, in the battle of Chester Station ;
Drewry's Bluff, Fussell's Mills, Deep Bot#)m,
and the siege at Petersburg. He co-operated with
the fleet under Admiral David D. Porter, in a
.second attack on Fort Fisher, his force comprising
the 24th and 25th army corps, wliite and colored
troops. Terry arrived off Beaufort, Jan. 8, 1865,
and on January 13, the fleet engaged the fort,
keeping up a continuous bombardment. On Jan-
uary 15, a combined assault of soldiers and .sailors
was agreed upon and a bombardment from the
fleet took place at 9 a.m., which was the most
severe in the history of naval warfare. The
heavy guns were silenced on Fort Fisher and
the assaulting column of sailors and marines was
landed, and charged up the beach under a sharp
fire from the Confederate rifles. The cliarge was
stopped when at the very foot of the fort, the
Confederate fire proving too heavy, as the sailors
were armed only with cutlass and pistol, and a
retreat was made with a loss of about 300 killed
and wounded. Meanwhile Terry had intrenched
against a force of the enemy threatening him
from the direction of Wilmington and simultan-
eously with the attack of the navy. The attack
of the troops on the western extremity of the
fort was made and the parapet gained. Hand to
hand fighting ensued, and by 9 p.m., after a most
gallant defence, the Confederate force fell back,
disorganized and defeated, surrendering to Gen-
eral Terry 1971 men and 112 officers, besides
quantities of ammunition, artillery and ord-
nance. General Terry was promoted brigadier-
general, U.S.A., and major-general, U.S.V. A
vote of thanks was passed by congress, " to Bre-
vet Maj.-Gen. A. H. Terr\' and the officers and
soldiers under his command for their unsurpassed
gallantry in the attack on Fort Fisher." He
commanded the 10th army corps under Gen.
William T. Sherman, in Xortli Carolina: was
brevetted major-general, U.S.A., Marcli 13. 1865.
for liis services at the capture of Wilmington,
N.C. ; commanded the Department of Dakota and
two columns in the movement against the hostile
Sioux Indians in Dakota, Montana and Wyom-
ing. He established a supjily camp at the mouth
of Powder river, June 9, 1876, and detached the
7th cavalry under Lieutenant-Colonel George A.
Custer, to the Upper Rosebud, a tributary of the
Big Horn river, where the entire command was
to assemble on an appointed day. Custer started
June 22, and on arriving at the Little Big Horn
he sent Major Reno with three companies into
the valley of the stream, while he attempted to
cross about five miles lower down. Reno was
completely overwhelmed by the Indians, and was
